TUCSON, Ariz. Jared Loughner had never been in major trouble with the law or overtly violent, but his behavior at his community college was so disturbing that campus police gave him and his parents an ultimatum: Get a mental health evaluation or don’t come back. Continue Reading

In the wake of Saturday’s shooting of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in Arizona, tea party supporters in the Red River Valley and across the nation on Monday criticized what one local conservative radio host called “unforgivable” attempts by some to link the movement’s rhetoric to violence.Continue Reading